During the Edo period, the largest source of income in the Yamagata domain was "Mogami safflower," which was cultivated within the domain. The red dye produced from safflower is essential for coloring Nishijin weaves in Kyoto. the...
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Tsuruoka City has been a long-standing experience of local cuisine that makes use of seasonal ingredients, including mountain produce such as wild vegetables and mushrooms, the bounty of the villages such as rice, edamame, turnips, and bamboo shoots, and seafood such as cod and flounder...
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Kamiyama City is located in the southeastern part of Yamagata Prefecture, south of Yamagata City, and during the Edo period, a castle town of the Kamiyama Domain, a post town on the Ushu Kaido that connects to the Oshu Kaido from Dewa Province (Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture)...
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I assumed that beekeeping was carried out in remote areas. In fact, I didn't have much good feelings towards the bees, so I couldn't believe they were just a stone's throw away, not far from a residential area...
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Yamagata City is the prefectural capital of Yamagata Prefecture. Yamagata Prefecture is located in the Okitama region in the southern part, Murayama region in the central part, Mogami region in the northeastern part, and Shonai region along the Sea of Japan...
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When you think of grapes, you might imagine them as autumn fruits, but did you know that there are delicious grapes that reach their peak in time for the Obon festival in August? In Okitama, where grape cultivation is popular, high-grade grapes are...
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The Natsugaseki, which is said to have been passed by Matsuo Basho, was located in the southwestern part of Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, on the border with Niigata Prefecture, and when Yamagata Prefecture was called Oshu (Mutsu Province, Dewa Province), it was a place where the Oshu three-seki centre, Shirakawa Seki...
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Mt. Chokai is a rare mountain with two peaks (East Chokaisan Shinzan and Nishichokaisan Nabemori) that continue from 0m above the Sea of Japan to the summit at 2,236m. The beauty of that appearance...
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The Shinjo Festival is a summer festival held for three days from August 24th to 26th in the former castle town of Shinjo, located in northern Yamagata Prefecture. The mountain is so gorgeous that it is said to be the "biggest float line in Japan"...
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Tsuruoka City has four national resort resorts: Yudagawa Onsen, Atsumi Onsen, Yunohama Onsen, and Yura Onsen...
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